It's true that I've been listening to a lot of Caitlin Rose lately. What is also true is that the kids pay attention more than I know. The other day while cleaning up a bit around the house, I absentmindedly sang a line from her "One Speed Confessional" but stopped there not moving onto the rest of the chorus.
Me: "Well, I rode past your house two times..."
Four-year-old Joshua picked right up where I left off: "...And I don't care for quiet nights/'Cause quiet nights mean lonely nights to me."
I'm not sure if there's anything that sounds more sad and affecting than a child singing Townes Van Zant-like lyrics. I'll have to make a note to not play "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones when the kids are around. I don't think I could handle hearing my little guy sing that one.
On a related note, below is a video of him singing karaoke with his Nama a couple of Christmases ago. Big congrats to her. She was recently on an Alaskan cruise and took first place in the ship's big karaoke competition.
5 comments:
Thought of you last night while I was at Bruce! Wish you could have been there, it was phenomenal !!!
That video is adorable. :) There was almost some beat box action going on when he started coughing into the microphone. :)
My 10 year old was doing the intro to Iron Man in the car the other day... All I could do was giggle. BUT... the first words I ever heard her sing from a song, other than nursery rhymes, was Merle Haggard's, I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink... LOL!
that makes me smile real big!
your kid obviously rules.
caito: Obviously. ;)
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